Wheelbarrow



G" w SNYDER ET AL WHEELBARROW Aug. 20, 1935,

Filed May 29, 1954 I Patented Aug. 20, 1935 Y UNITED sTAT 13:5

WHEELBARROW j a GeorgeW. 'Snyder andCharlesA. Snyder,

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bent; aslindicatedsfor convenience of the opera- Ourpresent invention relatesto improvements in wheelbarrows of thetype employing spring; sup- .portszfor the bed of the implement. ,While' this "class of implements is: adapted fonvarious uses,

;' the wheelbarrow of our invention is designed especiallytforv wheeling or :co'nveying fluid. or plastic cement from the-mixer to the forms, or to other placesforuse'. -Asis well known, the surface in and about I buildings under construction; over which the wheelbarrow is trundled, is frequently encumbered with obstacles, and'the surfaces are usually rough and uneven. By the novel construction and arrangement of parts in our spring the obstruction, and as the movement of the barrow is cushioned by the spring support, spilling or splashing of the fluid contents of the barrow is avoided.

The invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts, whereby the above objects are accomplished, aswill hereinafter be more fully set forth and claimed. In the accompanying drawing we have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of our invention wherein the parts are c ombined and arranged according to the best mode we have thus far devised for the practicalapplication of the principles of our invention.

Figure l is a side View of a wheelbarrowembodying our invention, and shown in position for trundling.

' Figure 2 is a similar view of the front part of are shown as fashioned from a single bar that may be tubular or solid, and is provided with the twoside bars I, which terminate at the rear in handles 2, this -handle portion of the bars being supporting frame for the wheel W. t

tor 'of the wheelbarrow. s

, At thefrontends ofthe side bars' l "theta-e bent and incline upwardly to form parallel bearing; bars, as 3, one at each side of; the wheel,-;and

at a point approximately perpendicular with-the .ing; barsuxare bent to terminate theljrpnt U-shaped yoke 4, which extends around the front of thewheel W. As thus fashioned,the two bear- "axle AWhen theimplementis in use; these bearing bars 3 and the legs of the yoke form an angular arch with the peak at approximately a point perpendicular with axle A and the ground beneath the wheel.

The bed or barrow is supported on the side bars l, and the front inclined wall of the bed is'at- 1 tached to the front ends of the two bearing bars 3 by means of bars or braces 5 having their ends rigidly attached to the barrowand to the bearing 7 bars.

The angular foot bars or rests 6 are attached to the undersides of the side bars I to support the load when the barrow is not in trundling position.

At each side of the wheel, beneath the bearing bars, and below the axle of the wheel are provided twomain braces I, which are bolted or riveted to the bearing bars and the legs of the yoke, and each-of these main braces is fashioned with a flat base-bar 1 arranged in parallelism with the inclined bearing bars 3 of the implement. These base bars provide seats upon which the bearing blocks 8 rest, and the journalends of the axle A extend through bearing holes in the blocks, the blocks being retained on the journals by means of cotter pins 9 passed through transversely extending holes in the journal ends.

The complementary, parallel, bearing bars 3 and base bars 1 are rigidly joined by two parallel bolts Ill and H, one in front of the axle and one at the rear of the axle, andthe bearing blocks are provided with bolt holes through which the bolts pass in order that the bolts may have a reciprocating or sliding action in the blocks. The

face of the base-bar'and the lock nuts [3 at the upper ends of the bolts bear against the top face of the side bars, the side bars and base'bars,

heads I2 of the bolts bear up against the under of course, being provided with holes for the bolts.

e125 1 the'inertia of the moving frame,'bed: and load,

guide bosses I4 through which the bolts l and. l H pass, and a pair of supporting springs l5 are "this movement the springs are compressed be-r coiled about the bolts I0 and H and interposed between these, bosses and the bearing blocks 8 to provide the resilient support for the front portion of the bed of the implement.

By' this arrangement and disposition of the guide bolts l0 and I, which arerearwardly inclined from the perpendicular center of the wheel, the resiliently supported frame and. bed of the implement is permitted to have a. combined forward and downward movement with'relation to the axle of the wheel. Thus, when the wheel encounters an obstacle, as O in the drawing and the wheel is abruptly and momentarily obstructed: thereby, the front frame and the bed B of the barrow, as a whole, are permitted to moveforward and downward under the inertia of theforwardly moving body of the implement." Under tween the bearing bars andthe bearing blocks to cushion the movement and provide the resilient support for the load. The forward movement of the load; with relation to the wheel, because" of thus-assists the operator of the implement in pushing-the-wheel'over the obstacle, and the Beneath the bearing bars 3 we preferably form.

cushioning effect of the springs on the frame and bed of the barrow prevent jolting of the contents of the barrow, which would otherwise be splashed or spilt out of the barrow.

Under the usual minor jolts or jars, caused by rolling of the wheel over rough surfaces, the springs absorb the vibrations before they reach the bed of the barrow, and these vibrations are also prevented from reaching the hands of the operator of the implemengthe reby lessening discomfort to the operator.

Having thus fully described our invention, what 'we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-- V

In a wheelbarrow, the combination with a wheel and its axle, of asubstantially U-shaped framemember comprising an arched portion at each side of the wheel and located above the axle, a main brace attachedto each arched portion and v including a base-bar beneath the axle, a pair of bolts inclined rearwardly' to the perpendicular center of thewheel andrigidly joining a leg. of the arched portion and a basebanbearing blocks for the axle, said blocks having holes therein forsaid bolts, andsprings coiled about, said bolts and interposed between said legand saidbase bar. .1:

. GEORGE W..SNYDER.

CHARLES A. SNYDER.

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